Smitheran is saying "I meant for this to happen." Why would you want to fire a coach and then have them coach the team into the Tournament? It's preposterous and a pathetic response to being embarassed.
If Smitheran wanted to achieve this, he simply should have told Monson that there would be contract discussions until after the season was over.
I don't see this as Smitheran taking credit, more so he's fed up with Monson in part disparaging Smitheran and Long Beach State, and Monson doing very little to dissuade some of that.
Monson is still the coach at Long Beach, and has a responsibiity to honor Beach appropriately.
don't blame him, referenced from Brown Board.
Monson has been taken a lot of subtle digs at him and the University the last week,
Justified response. If Monson isn't gong to end these interviews and emphatically acknowledge his lack of performance and Beach giving him an extra long leash last 5 years, and making it about Beach and not himself, this response was totally justified.
praise the players and the Unversity Monson, not make it your audition for being some TV funny guy.
let's hope we keep winning, and then Monson can keep up with his bozo the clown act.
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/39777794/long-beach-state-ad-says-fired-dan-monson-inspire-team
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